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Comment Re:Americans have greater liberty (Score 1) 568

Well, in germany we try to differentiate beetween prooven historic facts and freedom of speech.

That way Günther Grass was able to publish his critically acclaimed essay about that israel is threatening the world peace, and not being prosecuted.
Freedom of speech does not protected him against the shitstorm that broke out.

If you make a statement that the mass murdering of 6 Million people didn't occured in public you are prosecuted, and not for being politically incorrect, but for denying a crime to facillitate hate against other groups. Those guys which try to counter that it didn't happen, well even modern nazis just use those to facillitate hate speech against certain groups, most newnazis know that the crime happend, but before that specific law those historic researchers were presented at every newnazi conference, just to troll.

Saying that one is PI has the tendency of making yourself appear to be the prosecuted one, and that way making it hard to argue against, or would it make look like the other one is at fault, because he is one of the prosecuters.

For example your "homeschoolers" and "rapists" that is a typically PI tactic for labelling one to be concived as the ill-prosecuted. Why not just write that "homeschoolers are prosecuted in Germany because in Germany there is a law which states every kid shall attend school to the age of at least 14 (Schulpflicht)"
That would be just the facts, because in germany not only hoomschoolers and rapists are prosecuted so are thieves, fraudsters and even speeders.

And by the way, combining PI ideas with the german word "verboten" (=forbidden) is a very clever tactic, as this word is widely understood, even when the reader does not speak german. This term is known to those, because of movies about the nazi-era and that way has a bitter taste as it's connected to certain emotions for you to be concived as the prosecuted one, even if you would be possibly a nazi, and catch22 those legislation is targeted at nazi-people.

Colourfull example:
Nazi1 to Nazi2: "You are a Nazi because you nazied away my freedom of speech, to say that the hollocaust didn't happen. You bad Nazi Nazi Nazi."

Nazi2: "Now I see, my dear Nazi how could I be so wrong to nazi away your freedom of speech to say Nazi things and shit on 6 Million dead jews, 1 Million dead sinti and roma(gipsy people) and 500000 politically prosecuted people. I must have been a real Nazi"

Do you find the Nazi in the story ?

Btw. what was it about ?
Nazi wind turbines !
Naz solar panels !

Comment Re:Solar doesn't replace other power sources. (Score 2) 568

Actually, you are mostly wrong:

- it does replace power sources (have a look at -> http://www.transparency.eex.com/en/ - seems atm not to be working for actual production)
in that case wind is replaced by solar, as wind replaces, solar the other time of the year,
(when the sun is not shining in summer you mostly have higher wind speeds)

- peak demand occurs while daytime
peak production occurs while daytime

- your "mostly" and mine "mostly" because, yes to match situations which out of the unpredicted range (plant goes dark or else)
you need stored energy to "replace"

- "hydrogen is not an energy source"
hydrogen today is an energy source because +95% is cracked out of natural gas, but it is the target to use hydrogen as a storage media.

Comment Re:Greenies have won while the majority in Japan l (Score 1) 452

Nuclear power really could be done safely but as the history provides proof, it has never be done, because of the cost.

And since when is 20% the majority and 80% the minority. Since a representive inquiry in Japan found that 80% off the people want to phase out nuclear power.

"While nuclear can be done safely, .." is a term for "nulcear can be done as safely as a possibility, but with an event of very low probability that can lead to the highest possible damage".

Comment Re:Looks like drones aren't just for governments. (Score 1) 377

Ok, you do this next time you spot a predator drone in international waters, I bet 30s later your boat has a big hole in it.

And for being up front against such an unlawfull interaction like shooting something down. The drone is in international skies not waters as long as the drone does not attack or else shooting it down is prohibited.

Comment Don't coruppt Kids ! (Score 1) 153

Hi,

even if some might think off it as a nice twist of the fate, but let kids play with the toys they like !

If a boy likes to play with dolls let him be.
If a girl likes to play with GI-Joe let her be.

If some kid either boy or girl has shown interest in something technical just support don't push .. and giving out presents without being certian about kids interest is a way to push kids in a limbo of having to be thankfull and feeling probably guilty for not playing with the toy because it does not match the interest.

Ask and find out about interests first.

just my 2 cents

ps.
I bought myself 3 real working industry robots from the late 80s early 90s weighing 300kg ( 700 lb) each, they were not that expensive. (inlcuding control + teach pendant)

That's a real robotics kit ;)

Comment Re:Or you never visualized them in the first place (Score 1) 845

In a multiple choice test I go for logical reasoning spiced with a little bit fast and easy 101 calculating

1.) The brackets are there to seduce you
2.) 75 / 25 = 3
3.) 47 x 3 = less than 1000 because of the digits

I know it's cheating but it's multiple choice, you just have to choose the right cheat, you essentially not to know the right answer.

Comment Re:RTFA - really, it's interesting! (Score 2) 845

You can also use math+reasonable guessing, as it's multiple choice ..

288.00 == 40hs
you need amount for 29hs -> 4 x 7 = 28 which is near
just shifting in a base10 system 28.80 == 4hs
28.80 x 7 == 140 + 56 = 206 .. stop calculating here and look at the multiple choices has to be bigger than 206 and the rest is unreasonable.

Comment Re:improving performance by 1 to 10 times (Score 1) 154

Yes, even an improvement by "1" time is great.

I got a promotion last week, all what I said to my boss was I will do the things in the same way I do them like in the past, nothing less, and well he said then I will promote you to nothing less than in the past and I will increase your sallary by a factor of 1.

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